Bigfoot, Yetis, Nessies, Mongolian Death Worms, and more! AHOY presents a deep dive into all things "cryptid"--legendary, tall tale, and fanciful beasts, depicted by writers and artists from the worlds of comics and dark fantasy. A jam-packed anthology featuring unbelievably hilarious and hilariously unbelievable tales about cryptids from around the world. Featuring comics and short stories from well-established creators as well as new voices, PROJECT: CRYPTID will transport readers from the depths of Loch Ness to the wilds of the Yeti's Himalayan Mountains to the Ohio backroads where the Loveland Frogman lurks, asking the important questions like are any of these mysterious, unthinkable creatures actually real?
Author: Mark Russell,
Paul Cornell,
Alisa KwitneyPublisher: Ahoy Comics
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781952090318
ISBN10: 1952090318
BISAC Categories:-
Comics & Graphic Novels |
Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology-
Comics & Graphic Novels |
Anthologies-
Comics & Graphic Novels |
HumorousAbout the Author
Mark Russell is the GLAAD and Eisner Award-winning writer behind The Flintstones, Second Coming, Billionaire Island, Superman: Space Age and Batman: Dark Age, as well as many other comic book series. He is also the author of two books.
PAUL CORNELL is a writer of science fiction and fantasy in prose, comics and TV, one of only two people to be Hugo Award-nominated for all three media. He's written Doctor Who for the BBC, Action Comics for DC, and Wolverine for Marvel. He's won the BSFA Award for his short fiction, an Eagle Award for his comics, and shares in a Writer's Guild Award for his television. He lives in Gloucestershire with his wife and son.
Alisa Kwitney was an editor at DC Comics/Vertigo and is the Eisner-nominated author of graphic novels, romantic women's fiction, and urban fantasy. She was one of the authors of A Flight of Angels, which made YALSA's Top Ten List for Great Graphic Novels for Teens, and the YA graphic novel Token, named a highlight of the Minx imprint by PW. Alisa has an MFA from Columbia University. Her thesis, Till the Fat Lady Sings, a comedy of manners about college and eating disorders, made The New York Times' new and noteworthy in paperback list. Her latest novel, Rogue: Untouched, was published with Aconyte Books in May 2021.
A recipient of the 2011 Inkpot Award for outstanding achievement in Comic Art, industry veteran Jamal Igle is the writer/artist/creator of
Molly Danger for Action Lab Entertainment; the co-creator of
Venture with writer Jay Faerber; the artist of the series
Black from Black Mask Studios; the artist for
Supergirl; the artist for
Dudley Datson (with writer Scott Snyder) from Dark Horse/comiXology; and the penciler of AHOY Comics'
THE WRONG EARTH.
Jamal's detailed pencils have graced books as varied as
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the all-ages action miniseries
Race Against Time, and mainstream hits such as
G.I.Joe, Iron Man, Spider- Man and
Green Lantern. Jamal has penciled popular runs on
Firestorm the Nuclear Man, Nightwing, Tangent: Superman's Reign, Superman, Supergirl, and
Zatanna for DC Comics;
Noble Causes for Image Comics;
New Warriors for Marvel Comics; and
The Wrong Earth for AHOY.
He's acted on the small screen, done voiceovers for commercials, packaged books for Scholastic, and drawn storyboards for
Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles and
Max Steel: MX1 for Sony Animation. Jamal is also a popular guest lecturer on the subjects of comics and animation.
Richard Pace resides in Toronto, Canada, looking down upon the silly Americans to the south. From this perch, he has deployed his illustration skills on titles for Vertigo and Marvel and has also co-written Dale Keown's
Pitt and
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham.
